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  <title><![CDATA[Pinar Keskinocak Featured in AJC Columns about COVID-19 Outbreak]]></title>
  <body><![CDATA[<p>The spread of COVID-19 over the past few months has shaken the day-to-day lives of people around the world. As hospitals are overloaded with patients and troubled by limited medical supplies, and governments have resorted to shelter-in-place and social distancing orders to curb the spread of COVID-19, researchers have weighed in on the importance of these measures. ISyE William W. George Chair, Co-Founder and Director of Georgia Tech&rsquo;s&nbsp;<a href="https://chhs.gatech.edu/">Center for Health and Humanitarian Systems (CHHS)</a>,shares&nbsp;her recommendations for social distancing and the strains many health systems have been facing amidst the outbreak. Dr. Keskinocak details how social distancing can help&nbsp;reduce the spread of the virus and allow us to return to our normal daily lives much faster.&nbsp;</p>

<p>Read more through the below&nbsp;AJC articles links :</p>

<p><a href="http://www.ajc.com/news/state--regional/hospitals-state-scramble-prepare-for-coronavirus-surge/lIqx57Es74XOAQjyuzTQgJ/">Hospitals, state scramble to prepare for coronavirus surge</a></p>

<p><a href="https://www.ajc.com/blog/get-schooled/georgia-tech-professor-explains-how-social-distancing-slows-spread-covid/uqoFTDBn2btbfh7T18MwmJ/">Georgia Tech professor explains how social distancing slows spread of COVID-19</a></p>
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